Participatory Research and the Philosophy of Social Science

Beyond the Moral Imperative

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2385236
AutoresMary Van Der Riet (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
Ano2008
Volume14
Fascículo4
Páginas546-565
Data de publicação2008-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoQualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1077800408314350
OpenAlexW2150419315
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas25
Referências citadas15

Participatory research has a predominantly transformative and social justice concern. This article goes beyond the moral imperative of participatory research to address its potential to account for human action, the subject matter of social science research, through accessing its intentionality and sociality, and accounting for the complex and interactive nature of behavior. Two of the core principles of participatory research (participation and accessing local knowledge) are articulated in relation to dialogism and dialectics. The interpretive potential of the dialectical relationship between empathy and distanciation is discussed and illustrated in the novel visualization approaches in participatory learning and action. The article concludes with a critical discussion of the conflation of social justice concerns with claims to validity. It is argued that participatory research approaches enhance validity because they address the participative, social and relational nature of human action

Citizen journalism · Dialectic · Epistemology · Participatory action research · Participatory GIS · Pedagogy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Transformative learning · Community Health and Development · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Participatory Visual Research Methods